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Mortgage rates failed to extend yesterday's modest improvement, moving modestly higher by the end of the day. This takes the average lender very close to the long-term highs seen on October 5th. Indeed, prospective borrowers shouldn't be surprised to see the highest rates since early 2011. In and of itself, today wasn't too dramatic. We were already fairly close to these highs yesterday and, in general, have been holding in a fairly sideways pattern nearby for most of the month. As has been the case for more than 2 years, we are in a rising rate environment, and there's no compelling reason for an immediate change. That said, the higher rates go, the harder it will be for them to continue moving higher. Additionally, when rates are historically high, we tend to see more "false starts" that
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates failed to extend yesterday's modest improvement, moving modestly higher by the end of the day. This takes the average lender very close to the long-term highs seen on October 5th. Indeed, prospective borrowers shouldn't be surprised to... (read more) |
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Housing News
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Existing home sales slipped in September, following a month in which sales were almost totally flat. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said that closed transactions for existing single family homes, townhouses, condos, and cooperative a... (read more) |
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Rob Chrisman
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Everyone, and their brother, knows that the costs for builders to build a home are increasing. Politics aside, it turns out that the tariff changes are indeed impacting the cost of remodeling and building, and NAHB released a list of products affecte... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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We've talked a bit (in this commentary and in the live chat on MBS Live ) about the similarities between the October sell-off and one seen in April/May 2018. Both took yields to what were, at the time, the highest yields in years. Both e... (read more) |
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates recovered most of yesterday's losses today, following turmoil in European financial markets. What does Europe have to do with rates in the US? A lot, actually. In fact, Europe deserves credit for most of the glacial move toward lower r... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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Bond markets began the day almost perfectly unchanged relative to yesterday's latest levels. That means the nasty little afternoon selling spree was still priced-in as of this morning. That continued to be the case until the 11am hour.
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